Simply days after a prolonged Reddit submit outlining plans for it garnered a good quantity of consideration, a really formidable Starfield modding undertaking that aimed to create a whole Elder Scrolls-themed planet that includes recreations of the worldspaces from Skyrim, Oblivion, and Morrowind “has been cancelled”. Although, the poster behind it denies that it was, as many commenters had assumed, by no means correctly within the works to start with.
Dubbed “Undertaking Tamriel”, that initial post about the initative on June 28 by Reddit person New-Star-340 claimed that it was “an formidable and groundbreaking modding endeavor that goals to carry everything of Tamriel from The Elder Scrolls sequence into the expansive universe of Starfield”. They specified that this could be achieved by populating a single planet with “iconic objects, detailed maps, and beloved quests” from Skyrim, Oblivion, and Morrowind. Naturally, given how lofty a aim that is and the titanic effort it’d certainly take, the submit was met by a mix of pleasure and cynicism.
VG247 has since reached out to New-Star-340 in an effort to study extra about Undertaking Tamriel, with the poster responding that “the undertaking has been canceled”, with this being cited as the rationale behind the absence of hyperlinks to an internet site or Discord server for it that preliminary submit, regardless of one part of that that includes a bracketed house for one.
“After sharing the preliminary idea with the neighborhood, it turned clear that the help we have been hoping for simply wasn’t there,” New-Star-340 acknowledged relating to the rationale for the sudden cancellation. “Many followers voiced issues and indicated that they weren’t eager about seeing this undertaking come to fruition. By way of the crew, we have been a small group of passionate modders excited concerning the prospects. Nevertheless, the suggestions we acquired made us notice that the thrill we felt wasn’t shared by the broader neighborhood.”
“This has been a disappointing flip of occasions for me and the crew,” they continued. “We had excessive hopes and have been pushed by a imaginative and prescient of making one thing really distinctive inside the Starfield universe. Whereas this specific undertaking will not proceed, we hope that our expertise conjures up others within the modding neighborhood to pursue their formidable concepts.
“If one other crew is eager about selecting up the place we left off, we will surely help their efforts. For now, although, my crew and I do not really feel it is price pursuing with out the required backing and enthusiasm from the neighborhood.
“Addressing the feedback suggesting the submit was bait or satire, I wish to emphasise that the undertaking was real,” New-Star-340 asserted. “We have been really excited concerning the potential of mixing these beloved sport worlds into one epic expertise. Nevertheless, given the neighborhood’s response, we needed to make the powerful determination to halt growth.”
VG247 flagged to the poster the truth that their undertaking’s supposed title, Undertaking Tamriel, is already in use as the name for an established collective of modding projects for Morrowind. “I used to be not conscious of the prevailing modding undertaking once we began,” New-Star-340 responded, including: “We had concepts to alter the title to keep away from any confusion, however for the reason that undertaking is not going to be shifting ahead, that is now a moot level.”
We additionally reached out to the crew behind that present Morrowind undertaking to get their tackle the scenario, with the group responding that it did not have formal place on the matter as of the time we reached out. Understandably, its modders appear to be extra centered on merely concenrating on their very own modding efforts, with the Abecean Shores launch for the undertaking’s model of Cyrodiil set to reach within the second half of this yr in response to a May progress update post.
